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Fox Sports Net Quietly Rolls Out A Dozen Local Sites
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- 2009-11-19
While ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) have been grabbing headlines for their online local sports expansions, Fox Sports Net has been rolling out the soft launch of a dozen local sites over the past couple of weeks. So quietly that it took an alert reader to clue...
Comcast Expands Online Local Sports Teams To Compete With ESPN
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- 2009-11-16
While local media outlets slash sports staffs and travel, national players are coming after fans, ad dollars—and each other. ESPN (NYSE: DIS) already has launched local sports sites for Chicago, Boston and Dallas, with plans for New York and Los Angeles in early 2010. Now Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is...
Disney Interactive Still In Investment Phase (I.E. In The Red)
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- 2009-11-12
Higher subscription revenue from virtual kids world Club Penguin and lower marketing costs for Disney Online weren’t enough to offset increased costs and lower revenue at Disney Interactive Studios for Disney’s fiscal year or for the quarter. The underlying reason is fairly simple as outgoing CFO Tom Staggs explained...
ESPN's "Monday Night Football" Clobbers "The Jay Leno Show" -- And Shows Just How Beat Up Network TV Is
BNET
- 2009-11-11
In handily beating not only "The Jay Leno Show" but all broadcast networks on Monday night, ESPN's "Monday Night Football" shows just how difficult the broadcast game has become. by Catharine P. Taylor
Kia's Got Game for NBA
BNET
- 2009-10-28
Kia Motors is back for its second season in the National Basketball Association lineup, tipping off an expansive national activation that coincides with its first year as the league's official automotive sponsor.The automaker's partnership reignites today, as Kia will repeat its role as presenting sponsor of NBA Tip-Off Week. The...
Deadspin, ESPN Exchange Barbs
BNET
- 2009-10-26
The war of words between Deadspin and ESPN over the sports blog's coverage of alleged sexual escapades at the sports cable network heated up following ESPN's dismissal of Major League Baseball analyst and former New York Mets general manager Steve Phillips, who admitted to an affair with 22-year-old production assistant...
Levi's Sponsors ESPN's '30 for 30'
BNET
- 2009-10-07
ESPN has signed Levi's as the presenting sponsor of its documentary series 30 for 30, a slate of films that will serve as the centerpiece of the network's 30th anniversary celebration. Per terms of the deal, Levi's will lead off each film with a branded 45-second "Director's Statement," in which the...
ESPN Finds Its MLB SweetSpot
BNET
- 2009-10-05
ESPN.com launched its SweetSpot Blog Network, which will eventually contain a local-market blog for each of the 30 Major League Baseball franchises, with a charter group representing teams that will participate in the 2009 postseason (the Detroit Tigers visit the Minnesota Twins in a one-game playoff Tuesday, with the winner...
ESPN Readies Local Dallas Site; Outsources Boston Ad Sales To Kraft Sports Group
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- 2009-09-25
ESPN (NYSE: DIS) is launching its third city sports news site in Dallas on Monday as it seeks to tries to solidify its presence in major markets. The Dallas site follows the launch of its first local venture, ESPNChicago last April. The Dallas site debut is timed to coincide...
ESPN Mines For Gold In Torrent Of iPhone Downloads
PaidContent
- 2009-09-22
In less than a year, ESPN iPhone apps have been downloaded more than 4.5 million times—more than 2.2 million of the free ESPN (NYSE: DIS) ScoreCenter alone since its June debut. Most of the downloads are for ad-supported versions but twice in the past couple of weeks the Disney...
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